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Long time no see! I want to pop in here and share some things I have been reading/watching along with my election thoughts. Both the Parts and the Whole: Leadership and Systems Thinking I read this in preparation for a meeting with my supervisor. I mentioned that I was interested in learning more about systems…

It’s been a little over a year since I began my diversity resident experience. More interesting is the fact that I have spent half of my time working from home because of the pandemic. Sometimes I wonder how different my experience as a resident would have been had the pandemic not happened. Would I have…

I’ve had my first okay night of sleep in a while, and my chest has started to loosen up a bit, but my anxiety and depression are still lurking in the background. I objectively love my job. I am grateful to be in the position that I am in and grateful that I get to…

My first conference to kick-off this series of blog posts was the Academic Library Association of Ohio conference hosted in Columbus, Ohio. The conference’s broad theme was “Libraries Speak Up! Advocate. Collaborate. Educate.” I was really excited to attend this conference for a number of reasons: It was local. It would be my second conference…

Here is what this week had in store for me: affordable learning committee meeting impromptu reference session with a grad student exhibit informational meeting cohort exhibit planning meeting with supervisor tour of book depository and University Archives first time taking the campus bus coffee with Vice Provost of libraries digital flagship course junior faculty writing…